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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Bloomsbury’s total revenues soared by 13% in 2017 while its
profit grew 10% in an "exceptional year" for the publisher,
boosted by particuarly strong performances from titles by J K Rowling and
TV chef Tom Kerridge.

Bookchoice, a digital reading platform and membership service
for book lovers, is partnering with HarperCollins Publishers
Ltd to introduce a selection of the publishing house’s titles
to its app and website’s monthly curated book selection.

One of my writing teachers told me that
a novel is like living in a house, but a short story is just a glimpse
into one window. May is National Short Story Month, and even if you don’t
normally read short stories, you’ll love these collections that show you
another world in one quick look.

He Kupu Tuku
Iho is the first
book to be published by Auckland University Press entirely in te reo
Māori. No translation is being planned which will make it one of
very few New Zealand books to not be published in English.

In this book, which will go down as a seminal work for generations of
Māori and te reo speakers to come, the authors discuss key cultural
concepts (including mana, tapu, wairua, whakapapa, ritual, farewell
speeches and Māori humour) as well as language and cultural issues of
the modern world.

Please let us know if you would be interested in a review copy, an
author interview or a giveaway copy.

He
Kupu Tuku Iho is being launched on Saturday 30
June, in Rotorua.

The following
information about the book is provided in both Te Reo and English.

Two giants of
the Māori world, Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Dr Wharehuia Milroy, look into
key aspects of Māori language and culture. Written entirely in te reo
Māori, He
Kupu Tuku Iho will not be published in English and is
intended for those truly immersed in Māori culture.

Sir Tīmoti and
Dr Milroy are widely recognised as two of the leading teachers and
scholars of Māori language and culture. They were pioneers in the
teaching of te reo Māori, forging a model for teaching Māori which is
now followed by many other tertiary institutions.

With assistance from a team at Te Ipukarea, the National Māori Language
Institute, who transcribed and edited structured conversations between
these two kaumātua, this book preserves the voices and ideas of these
two major scholars for present and future generations.

Dr Tākuta
James Wharehuia Milroy QSO, CNZM (Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Koura)
was a professor of Māori at the University of Waikato from 1993 to
2000, having taught there since 1978.

Sir
Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu QSO, KNZM (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi
Tūhoe) established and was a foundation professor at the Department of
Māori at The University of Waikato in 1972. From 1987–1999 he was
the inaugural Māori Language Commissioner at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Māori. He is currently co-chair of the board for the Te Kōhanga Reo
National Trust.

Both Sir Tīmoti and Dr Milroy are directors of Te Panekiretanga o Te
Reo Māori (Institute of Excellence in Te Reo Māori), which they
established in 2004 through Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. They are adjunct
professors of Te Ipukarea, the National Māori Language Institute at AUT
University.